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Winter Spring Summer or Fall is a romantic drama film directed by Tiffany Paulsen from a screenplay by Dan Schoffer. The 2024 film follows Remi, a teen girl who has already planned out her future, but her plan goes wrong when she meets Barnes, a boy who prefers to live in the moment. Winter Spring Summer or Fall stars Jenna Ortega, Percy Hynes White, Marisol Nichols, and Adam Rodriguez. So, if you loved the teen drama, romantic story, and entertaining characters in Winter Spring Summer or Fall, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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The Spectacular Now is a coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by James Ponsoldt from a screenplay co-written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. Based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Tim Tharp,...

When Holidate and About Fate writer Tiffany Paulsen first started making the film that would become her feature directorial debut, Winter Spring Summer or Fall stars Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White hadn’t even appeared in the Netflix hit Wednesday.

Ortega, Paulsen says, was their “first choice … dream … unicorn” for Remi Aguilar, the ambitious genius with a bright future who falls for Barnes Hawthorne, Hynes White’s music-loving rebel, in the film that plays out with one day per season over the course of a year.

Luckily the actress “loved” the script, Paulsen recalls, adding that she and her lead actress first met as Ortega was getting ready to start filming Wednesday.

“Then we had the long process of working on the script, getting it to studios, trying to find financing — that road takes a while. And by the time we’d gotten around to actually being able to shoot this movie,...

With a premise about young love, two charismatic leads and a title like Winter Spring Summer or Fall, Tiffany Paulsen’s feature is likely to draw vague comparisons to Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise (and sequels). But while it’s highly unlikely to attain that canonical status, this film edges into distinctive enough territory thanks to Wednesday stars Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White. Their genuine chemistry and grounded performances give the feathery story a needed touch of weight.

Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, Winter Spring Summer or Fall aims to gift Gen Z the kind of rooting-for-them romance on offer for every generation: the unlikely match-up at the center of A Walk to Remember; the music-driven pairing of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist; and, as mentioned, the more emotionally risky and formally adventurous Before movies.

The film follows Remi (Ortega) and Barnes (White), two New Jersey teens who...

Winter Spring Summer or Fall showcases Jenna Ortega in a new light, telling a love story over four seasons. Director Tiffany Paulsen meticulously crafted visuals and music to differentiate each season in the film. The movie is ultimately about love and first love, exploring the complexities of relationships and compatibility.

Tribeca Film Festival showed the world a new side of Wednesday star Jenna Ortega with Winter Spring Summer or Fall. Starring Ortega and Percy Hynes White (Wednesday), the movie tells the story of a relationship through the recounting of only four daysone in each season. Ortega plays Remi Aguilar, a brilliant, Harvard-bound young woman, who meets Whites Barnes Hawthorne on accident. Over the course of a year, the two must navigate some of the highest highs and lowest lows of first love.

Winter Spring Summer or Fall was directed by Tiffany Paulsen in her feature-length debut. Though its Paulsens first...

Exclusive: Marisol Nichols (Riverdale) will star alongside Jenna Ortega, Percy Hynes White and Adam Rodriguez in the romantic drama Winter Spring Summer or Fall, marking the feature directorial debut of Holidate and About Fate scribe Tiffany Paulsen.

The film billed as Before Sunrise meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower is written by Dan Schoffer, with revisions by Paulsen, and tells the story of teens (Ortega and White) on the cusp of adulthood who meet and fall in love over four significant days of the year.

Nichols will play Ortega’s overbearing attorney mother, who is focused on getting her only daughter into Harvard. Rodriguez is playing Ortega’s father, as previously announced. Mpca’s Brad Krevoy, Wall Fly’s Josh Shader and David Wulf are producing the pic, with Ortega serving as exec producer. Paramount Global Content Distribution is the film’s distributor.

Best known for her role as...

Wednesday Addams and Xavier Thorpe will reunite in a new romantic comedy, as Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White will star opposite each other in Winter Spring Summer Or Fall. The two appear in the record-breaking Netflix series Wednesday, a spinoff that sees the titular Addams Family character at a boarding school called Nevermore Academy. Here, she and Xavier (Hynes White) form a platonic relationship after the latter falls head over heels for Wednesday. The series hasn't been officially renewed for season 2, but the return of the two actors would be expected.

As reported by Deadline, Ortega and Hynes White will be reuniting and starring opposite each other in Mpca's upcoming rom-com Winter Spring Summer Or Fall. Ortega will also serve as an executive producer. The film will be directed by Tiffany Paulsen and mark her directorial debut. Its script was written by Dan Schoffer with revisions by Paulsen. Paulsen...

Scream queen and horror's current "It-girl," Jenna Ortega, has signed on to star and produce in a coming-of-age romantic drama that's being described as Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" meets "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." The film, "Winter Spring Summer Or Fall," is the feature directorial debut of Tiffany Paulsen, who folks may know for writing the films "Holidate" and "About Fate." The script comes from Dan Schoffer, who wrote the script that was used in the Starz filmmaking competition show, "The Chair," which became Shane Dawson's "Not Cool" and A.M. Lukas' "Hollidaysburg."

In an interesting bit of casting news, Ortega will be starring opposite her "Wednesday" co-star, Percy Hynes White, who played Xavier Thorpe on the Netflix series. The duo will play a pair of teens who "meet and fall in love over four significant days of the year," according to a report from Deadline.

Brad Krevoy of Mpca is producing,...

Exclusive: Adam Rodriguez is set to join Jenna Ortegain Winter Spring Summer or Fall for Mpca. Percy Hynes White is also on board. Ortega is also serving as an executive producer.

The romantic drama is being helmed by Holidate and About Fate writer Tiffany Paulsen, marking her feature debut. The script was written by Dan Schoffer with revisions by Paulsen. The pic is being described as Before Sunrise meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the story follows two teens (Ortega and Hynes White) on the cusp of adulthood who meet and fall in love over four significant days of the year. Rodriguez will play Ortega’s father in the films.

Mpca’s Brad Krevoy is producing, along with Josh Shader of Wall Fly and David Wulf. Distribution will be handled by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Rodriguez currently stars in Criminal Minds: Evolution for Paramount+ reprising the brainy and charismatic brawny fan favorite Luke Alvez.

The stars of Netflix’s Wednesday, Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White, are reuniting for The Motion Picture Corporation of America’s new rom-com Winter Spring Summer or Fall, Deadline has reported. The romantic drama will be helmed by writer Tiffany Paulsen, marking her feature film debut. Winter Spring Summer or Fall is being billed as “Before Sunrise meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” The story follows two teens on the cusp of adulthood, played Ortega and Hynes White, who meet and fall in love over four significant days of the year. The script was written by The Chair scribe Dan Schoffer with revisions done by Paulsen.

Exclusive: Jenna Ortega is teaming with her Wednesday co-star, Percy Hynes White in Winter Spring Summer Or Fall for Mpca. Ortega is also serving as an executive producer.

The romantic drama is being helmed by Tiffany Paulsen, marking her feature debut. The script was written by Dan Schoffer with revisions by Paulsen. The pic is being described as Before Sunrise meets The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, the story follows two teens on the cusp of adulthood who meet and fall in love over four significant days of the year.

Mpca’s Brad Krevoy is producing, along with Josh Shader of Wall Fly, and David Wulf.

In addition to Tim Burton’s Wednesday, Ortega most recently starred in the A24 Ti West horror X, Paramount’s Scream 5 and HBO’s The Fallout. Next up for her is Scream 6 out in March as well as Paramount’s Finest Kind...

From Anchor Bay Entertainment, Sneak Peek the Starz Original Filmmaking Experiment, "The Chair", a followup to Project Greenlight', available on a 5-disc DVD Set, containing all 10 episodes and 2 feature films, February 17, 2015:

"...'The Chair' charts the path of two directors through the process of bringing their first feature to the screen - each armed with the same script. The series documents - with an unflinching eye - the creation, marketing and theatrical release of the two adaptations. Both directors are given the same budget, and both versions use locations in the same city. Through online voting, the audience determines which director will be awarded $250,000.

"The screenplay itself is a coming-of-age feature length comedy that chronicles the first homecoming on Thanksgiving weekend by a handful of college freshman who are fumbling towards adulthood, written by Dan Schoffer.

With actor Zachary Quinto ('Star Trek') and his producing partners,...

Shane Dawson has quite a bit to thank his fans for. The insanely popular YouTuber (he boasts over 12.6 million subscribers across three channels) won $250,000 after his fans voted his film Not Cool as the winner of Starz’s reality TV series The Chair. The ten-episode series documented the independent filmmaking progress of its two contestants -- Dawson and filmmaker Anna Martemucci -- as they produced their own versions of the same script penned by Dan Schoffer. Starz released the episodes online to its subscribers, and asked viewers to vote on their favorite film. Martemucci’s film Hollidaysburg and Dawson’s Not Cool debuted on digital platforms, with Dawson’s creative vision hitting the #5 spot on iTunes within hours of its release on September 23, 2014. Starz announced Dawson the winner after the voting was tallied on Saturday, November 8, 2014. And that’s when the criticism started coming in. According to Variety, New York...

With an overwhelming number of interesting scripted TV shows to choose from, I make almost no time for reality television anymore. The one exception of late has been Starz's "The Chair," which follows two directors — YouTube comedy star Shane Dawson and New York indie screenwriter Anna Martemucci — as they each attempt to make their first film, using the same script. Chris Moore, the central figure of the terrific "Project Greenlight," is the man behind this filmmaking experiment (even as old buddies Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are producing a "Greenlight" revival for HBO), and one of the most interesting things about the series is how transparent it is about the process. There's been talk about how Anna got her spot because she and her husband are tight with some of the projects financiers, how the entire show (which was produced on spec, with Starz getting involved later) is often short...

Project Greenlight, a competition that gave first-time filmmakers a shot at making a feature film, was simply a great show for movie fans. Even if the movies that came out of the program weren't the single greatest achievements in cinema ever made, the process of watching newbies go through the filmmaking grinder was an illuminating one. Well now Chris Moore, one of the creators of Project Greenlight, is back with a similar behind-the-scenes filmmaking show called The Chair on Starz. This time around two first-time filmmakers, Shane Dawson and Anna Martemucci, are given the chance of making it big, only the twist is that they both have to direct their versions of the same original screenplay, Dan Schoffer's How Soon Is Now. If that sounds a bit confusing, don't...

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Whether it’s a small indie flick or a summer blockbuster, making a movie isn’t easy. First you need an idea, then a script, money, and lots and lots of people to fill all the roles—both on camera and off. In its first original unscripted series, Starz gives viewers a front-row seat to this complicated world in The Chair.

The premise is simple enough: Two aspiring filmmakers are given the chance to make their first feature film with the help of executive producer Chris Moore, who you might remember also produced the late Project Greenlight. What makes The Chair...

In Starz’s competition series The Chair, two filmmakers are given the same script and the same budget—then challenged to make two different movies. Last week, we caught a glimpse of YouTube star Shane Dawson’s trailer, Not Cool, which featured a some broad humor. Today, we’ve got the new trailer for Anna Martemucci’s Hollidaysburg and some explanations from the director herself as to why she took her film in a more relaxed direction.

“I set out to make a classic teen sex comedy,” Martemucci said, noting she tried to include elements she hadn’t seen before,...

On Friday, July 4, YouTube viewers with a penchant for sight gags and parody were able to celebrate much more than the anniversary of the independence of the United States. That’s the day Shane Dawson released the first trailer for his upcoming major motion picture, Not Cool. The YouTube star turned burgeoning Hollywood player who is in possession of no less than a collective 12.1 million YouTube subscribers (across his ShaneDawsonTV, ShaneDawsonTV2, and Shane channels) and a development deal for a workplace comedy with NBC made the feature on a $900,000 budget as part of an as-of-yet-unaired Starz original series dubbed The Chair. The competition program pits Dawson against up-and-coming filmmaker Anna Martemucci. As the premise goes, both contestants were given the same screenplay and the same six-figure budget and then told to make their own independent movies. Dan Schoffer penned the screenplay for both versions of the flick. In Dawson’s iteration,...

In Starz’s competition series The Chair, two filmmakers are given the same script and the same budget—then challenged to make two different movies. YouTube star Shane Dawson is one of those directors. The trailer for his movie delivers just the sort of comedy his fans might expect, with sight gags aplenty. But Dawson also tells EW that he also tried moving away from his typical mode of comedy, using the feature film timeframe and budget to focus more on his characters.

Using a screenplay by Dan Schoffer titled How Soon is Now, Dawson’s take (which has been...

Not only is the idea behind Starz new effort, The Chair, one that makes for a rough road as a show, it’s one that has only a theoretical draw insofar as gaining an audience, and who the target demographic might be. The show will follow two hopeful directors as they each make their own version of a film based on the same script.

Zachary Quinto, and several others, will serve as mentors during the process, which will provide some draw, but as these directors take us through the process of creating a coming-of-age film, does anyone actually want to be a part of that? Sure, the idea sounds good, but it’s hard to tell what the show really looks like, and whether or not watching the behind-the-scenes effort of… who knows what, is really going to draw a crowd.

I guess we’ll find out.

One Screenplay. Two Films.

Remember Project Greenlight? The three-season series gave first-time filmmakers the chance to direct a feature film. Hetero life partners Ben Affleck and Matt Damon produced the project along with Good Will Hunting producer Chris Moore. EW reports that Moore has devised a new filmmaking competition show for Starz. It will be the network’s first original unscripted series, running 10 episodes long, airing this fall. The Chair will follow two directors as they bring their first feature to the big screen — but each moviemaker will be working with the same screenplay. That story is a coming-of-age comedy called How Soon Is Now by Dan Schoffer — about college freshman coming home for Thanksgiving and “fumbling towards adulthood.” The winner gets a...

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Starz has announced its first unscripted series, and independent filmmakers may want to tune in. "The Chair" will follow two independent filmmakers as they try bring their directorial debuts to the screen, with the audience voting which will be awarded $250,000 for their project. The two filmmakers are Shane Dawson and Anna Martemucci. Dawson is best known for his YouTube comedy channels, which boast more than 10 million subscribers and almost 1 billion views. Martemucci, meanwhile, wrote and starred in the independent film "Breakup at a Wedding." Both directors will adapt "How Soon is Now," a coming-of-age feature chronicling the first homecoming on a Thanksgiving weekend by a handful of college freshmen, written by Dan Schoffer and produced by Josh Shader. The filmmakers will have their say in rewrites, casting, hiring of crew, and the title of their respective films. The series is created by "Good Will Hunting" and "Project Greenlight" executive producer Chris Moore.

Fourteen years after he greenlighted Project Greenlight at HBO, Chris Albrecht has picked up a followup as Starz‘s first original unscripted series. The pay cable network will air the 10-episode The Chair, created by Project Greenlight executive producer Chris Moore. The competition documentary series follows two directors through the process of bringing their first feature to the screen. The up-and-coming directors, Shane Dawson and Anna Martemucci, are provided with an identical screenplay How Soon Is Now, which they must craft as their own film using the same budget and filming in the same city. The series documents the creation, marketing and theatrical release of both adaptations, which will also air on Starz. Both directors are given the same budget, and both versions use locations in the same city. Through multiplatform voting, the audience will determine which director will be awarded $250,000. The series just wrapped principal photography in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

Chris Moore, the executive producer of Oscar-winner Good Will Hunting and HBO’s Project Greenlight, is back with a new filmmaking competition series with a twist. The Chair, which Starz has ordered as its first original unscripted series for 10 episodes to air in fall 2014, follows two directors as they take their first feature film to the big screen. The catch: Each director is provided with the exact same screenplay to transform into his or her own distinct movie.

Both finished films will air on Starz and in theaters, with the winner of the $250,000 prize being determined by viewers’ digital voting and ticket sales.